(19)
(11) EP 1 791 031 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.05.2007 Bulletin 2007/22

(21) Application number: 06255856.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.11.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03G 15/00(2006.01)
G03G 15/01(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 29.11.2005 JP 2005344268

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Imai, Satoshi
    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa (JP)

(74) Representative: Lamb, Martin John Carstairs 
Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre
London WC2E 9RA
London WC2E 9RA (GB)

   


(54) A rotor drive controlling unit and an image formation apparatus


(57) A rotor drive controlling unit and an image formation apparatus therewith are disclosed.
The rotor drive controlling unit includes
a motor,
a transfer device for transferring a rotational force of the motor,
a rotor connected to the transfer device and rotated with the rotational force of the motor,
slits (13a through 13d), serving as elements-to-be-detected arranged on a periphery centered on a rotation axle (12) of the rotor,
a detector (14) for detecting the slits,
a passage time detecting unit for detecting an interval between adjacent slits of the slits passing the detector based on a signal generated by the detector,
an amplitude/phase generating unit for generating an amplitude and a phase of a rotation period fluctuation about a desired period of the rotor based on the interval detected by the passage time detecting unit,
a rotation controlling unit for controlling rotation of the motor based on the amplitude and the phase generated by the amplitude/phase generating unit such that the rotation period fluctuation is reduced, and
a control reference updating unit for updating the phase, at which updated phase a rotation control of the motor is start, based on the phase generated by the amplitude/phase generating unit with reference to the slit (13a) where the slits (13a through 13d) have widths (γ1 through γ4, respectively), the widths γ1 through γ4 being mutually different.







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